BOSLER, Wyo. (Interstat) — Santa Clara beat Wyoming 84-50 on Monday at Arena-Auditorium in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game. The announced attendance was 1,824. Santa Clara improved to 1-0, while Wyoming fell to 0-1. The Broncos led 22-12 after the first quarter, 48-27 at halftime and 68-36 after three quarters, then finished with a 26-15 fourth-quarter advantage.

The decisive stretch came in the first half. Wyoming moved ahead 5-3 on a Liv Blomkvist layup and a Kati Ollilainen three-point play, but Santa Clara tied the game on a Sophie Glancey layup and took the lead on a 3-pointer by Aniya Hooker. Kylee Fox added a 3-pointer, Glancey made two hook shots, Emma Najjuma made a layup, Maia Jones made a layup, and Ava Schmidt closed the first quarter with a layup and a 3-pointer as Santa Clara built a 26-15 lead. Wyoming’s first-quarter scoring also included a Kati Ollilainen layup at the end of the period, and Norah Clark made two free throws and a three-point play in the quarter. The Broncos then outscored Wyoming 22-12 in the second quarter. Fox opened the quarter with a pullup jumper and a driving layup, Glancey made a layup, Jones hit a 3-pointer and added a layup and two free throws, and Schmidt made a 3-pointer and a hook shot before halftime. Wyoming got a 3-pointer from Katie Harrington, a layup from Zoey Blackwell, and free throws and a 3-pointer from Norah Clark in the second quarter. Santa Clara led 48-27 at the break.

Santa Clara shot 32 of 64 from the floor, 12 of 27 from three-point range and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line. Wyoming shot 16 of 55 from the floor, 4 of 13 from three-point range and 14 of 18 from the free-throw line. Santa Clara had 12 offensive rebounds to Wyoming’s four, nine assists to Wyoming’s seven, seven blocks and 11 turnovers. Wyoming committed 14 turnovers. Santa Clara scored 84 points from 67 possessions, an offensive rating of 124.9. Wyoming scored 50 points from 74 possessions, an offensive rating of 68.0.

Sophie Glancey, a Santa Clara forward, finished with 15 points, nine rebounds, one assist and one block in 21 minutes. Norah Clark, a Wyoming forward from Springfield, Mo., who is 6-foot-1 and previously played at Nixa High School, had 16 points, seven rebounds, one assist and one block in 26 minutes. Maia Jones, a Santa Clara guard who is 5-foot-10 and previously played at Waimea College, had 14 points, six rebounds, two assists and one block in 20 minutes. Emma Najjuma, a Santa Clara center, had five points, 11 rebounds and one block in 20 minutes. Ava Schmidt, a Santa Clara forward who is 5-foot-10 and previously played at Eastlake, had 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and one block in 23 minutes.

Kylee Fox, a Santa Clara guard who is 5-foot-11 and previously played at Richland, had 12 points, four rebounds and one assist in 23 minutes. Kate Schat, a Santa Clara guard who is 5-foot-9 and previously played at Cardinal Newman High School, had eight points, two rebounds, two assists and two blocks in 20 minutes. Aniya Hooker, a Santa Clara guard who is 5-foot-8 and previously played at Lynnwood, had nine points, two rebounds and three assists in 22 minutes. Liv Blomkvist, a Wyoming center who is 6-foot-4 and previously played at Universal School, had six points, two rebounds and two assists in 25 minutes. Kati Ollilainen, a Wyoming guard who is 5-foot-9, had seven points, three rebounds and one assist in 21 minutes.

Wyoming’s Norah Clark made a 3-pointer late in the second quarter, but Schmidt answered with a 3-pointer and Hooker made a driving layup before Schmidt’s hook shot closed the first-half scoring. Santa Clara kept the margin in the third quarter as Delainey Miller made a jumper off a turnover, Hooker made a pullup jumper, Kate Schat made a 3-pointer and a three-point play, Schmidt made a 3-point stepback, Glancey made a layup and a 3-pointer, and Miller made two free throws. Wyoming’s third-quarter scoring included a Liv Blomkvist hook shot, a Blomkvist layup, an Ophelia Powell free throw, two Norah Clark free throws and a Clark pullup jump shot. The Broncos led 68-36 after three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Fox made a 3-pointer, Jones made a layup, Brooke Blachly made a 3-pointer, Glancey made two free throws, Delainey Miller made a free throw and Najjuma made a 3-pointer. Wyoming got a jump shot from Taylor Donaldson, a free throw from Merceius Mili, two free throws from Ophelia Powell, 3-pointers from Peyton Wohlford, a floating jumper from Karly Davis, another 3-pointer from Wohlford and a driving layup from Powell. Kate Schat closed the scoring with a layup. Wyoming’s fourth-quarter offense also included a Powell free throw and a Wohlford 3-pointer as the Cowboys tried to cut into the Santa Clara lead.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected Santa Clara 67, Wyoming 56. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Santa Clara with a 77 percent probability to win.